Henry IV, Part 2After defeat at the Battle of Shrewsbury the rebels regroup. But Prince Hal’s reluctance to inherit the crown threatens to destroy the ailing Henry IV’s dream of a lasting dynasty. Shakespeare’s portrait of the prodigal son’s journey from youth to maturity embraces the full panorama of society. Under the editorial supervision of Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of today’s most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, this Modern Library series incorporates definitive texts and authoritative notes from William Shakespeare: Complete Works. Each play includes an Introduction as well as an overview of Shakespeare’s theatrical career; commentary on past and current productions based on interviews with leading directors, actors, and designers; scene-by-scene analysis; key facts about the work; a chronology of Shakespeare’s life and times; and black-and-white illustrations. Ideal for students, theater professionals, and general readers, these modern and accessible editions from the Royal Shakespeare Company set a new standard in Shakespearean literature for the twenty-first century. |
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... Scene - by - Scene Analysis : Esme Miskimmin In Performance : Karin Brown ( RSC stagings ) , Jan Sewell ( overview ) The Actor's Voice and the Director's Cut ( interviews by Jonathan Bate and Kevin Wright ) : Michael Pennington , Adrian ...
... Scene - by - Scene Analysis : Esme Miskimmin In Performance : Karin Brown ( RSC stagings ) , Jan Sewell ( overview ) The Actor's Voice and the Director's Cut ( interviews by Jonathan Bate and Kevin Wright ) : Michael Pennington , Adrian ...
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... Scene - by - Scene Analysis 130 Henry IV in Performance : The RSC and Beyond 144 Four Centuries of Henry IV : An Overview 144 At the RSC 157 The Actor's Voice and the Director's Cut : Interviews with Michael Pennington , Adrian Noble ...
... Scene - by - Scene Analysis 130 Henry IV in Performance : The RSC and Beyond 144 Four Centuries of Henry IV : An Overview 144 At the RSC 157 The Actor's Voice and the Director's Cut : Interviews with Michael Pennington , Adrian Noble ...
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... scenes with Justice Shallow in his Gloucestershire orchard are the closest that Shakespeare ever came to a stage representation of the rural England of his own early life in Stratford - upon - Avon . * Since the play is a continuation ...
... scenes with Justice Shallow in his Gloucestershire orchard are the closest that Shakespeare ever came to a stage representation of the rural England of his own early life in Stratford - upon - Avon . * Since the play is a continuation ...
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... " by which Bullingbrook " met " ( or rather took ) the crown . The king is revealed at his most vulnerable halfway through Part II , in a scene that may have trou- bled the censor : sick and sleepless , he meditates INTRODUCTION xi.
... " by which Bullingbrook " met " ( or rather took ) the crown . The king is revealed at his most vulnerable halfway through Part II , in a scene that may have trou- bled the censor : sick and sleepless , he meditates INTRODUCTION xi.
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... scene is ending ) and the rhyth- mic movement has far greater variety , freedom , and flow . Mature Shakespearean blank ( unrhymed ) verse is typically not end - stopped but " run on " ( a feature known as " enjambment " ) ; instead of ...
... scene is ending ) and the rhyth- mic movement has far greater variety , freedom , and flow . Mature Shakespearean blank ( unrhymed ) verse is typically not end - stopped but " run on " ( a feature known as " enjambment " ) ; instead of ...
Contents
Textual Notes | 121 |
ScenebyScene Analysis | 130 |
The RSC and Beyond | 144 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 192 |
A Chronology | 206 |
A Chronology | 211 |
References | 219 |
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Act 5 Scene actors ARCHBISHOP OF YORK audience battle battle of Shrewsbury blood brother Bullcalf Bullingbrook captain character CLARENCE Coleville comedy coronation court cousin crown Davy dead death disease DOLL TEARSHEET doth Earl Eastcheap England Enter Exeunt Exit FALSTAFF SHALLOW father fear Folio give GLOUCESTER Gloucestershire grace grief Hal's Harry HASTINGS hath head heaven Henry VI history plays honour HOSTESS QUICKLY Hotspur KING HENRY king's Lancaster London look LORD BARDOLPH LORD CHIEF JUSTICE lord of Westmorland majesty Master Shallow merry Michael Pennington Mouldy Mowbray night noble Northumberland peace Percy performance Pistol plays on sense POINS pray PRINCE HENRY Prince John production Quarto rascal rebels Richard Richard II royal Rumour running scene sexual Shakespeare SHALLOW FALSTAFF Shrewsbury sick Silence Sir John Falstaff speak stage sword tavern tell theater thee thou art tragedy Warwick Westmorland wilt word